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We are thrilled to announce that Rise, Red River by Tara Beagan has won the 2025 Governor General's Literary Award for Drama and a prize of $25,000. Get your copy today at
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A late-night bender between two friends they’ll never forget, today we celebrate the publication day of Tyson’s Song by Peter N. Bailey.
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A shocking and suspenseful thriller about a refugee family in grave danger, today we celebrate the publication day of Earworm by Mohammad Yaghoubi.
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Get 20% off until November 6 when you purchase any of our Governor General’s Literary Award finalists! Order now at
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A quest for connection inspired by the secret language of trees, today we celebrate the publication day of As Above by Christine Quintana 🌲
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A beautiful and heartbreaking journey from estrangement to reconciliation, today we celebrate the publication day of Homecoming by Kamila Sediego.
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An ingenious experiment investigating the role men’s voices play in women’s stories, today we celebrate the publication day of Red Like Fruit by Hannah Moscovitch:
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A standing ovation for our publications shortlisted for the 2025 Governor General’s Literary Awards for Drama!
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In All Lit Up’s Women Asking Women, playwrights Andrea Scott and Kamila Sediego talk about the emotional and creative depths behind their plays, Get That Hope and Homecoming, which examine family, identity and belonging across cultures and generations. Read the blog here:
alllitup.ca/women-asking...
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Join us for Diaspora Dialogues: Writing War at the Toronto International Festival of Authors in partnership with Diaspora Dialogues featuring Sanita Fejzić and Jumoke Verissimo:
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Read this iconic conversation between Jordan Tannahill and Tony Kushner from Interview Magazine last summer about Prince F*gg*t:
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Jordan Tannahill Takes Tony Kushner Inside "Prince Faggot"
For Jordan Tannahill, "Prince Faggot" began with a question: what if the heir to the British throne were gay? Here, he joins Tony Kushner for a wide-ranging conversation about kink, shame, fascism, ro...
https://www.interviewmagazine.com/theater/jordan-tannahill-tells-tony-kushner-how-he-wrote-the-years-wildest-new-play
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We’re coming to UofT Mississauga for a pop-up play fair! Browse the best drama books at unbeatable prices on Friday, October 24 from 2-6pm on campus at Deerfield Hall 1st Floor. Everything will be 30% off OR 50% off if you buy 3 or more books! Don’t miss out on this exclusive sale. See you there!
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Join us for the book launch of Homecoming. 📅 Friday, November 7, 2025 – 7:00 PM 📍 VS. Creative Lab (1884 Main Street, Vancouver, BC) Hosted by Playwrights Theatre Centre, Mabuhay House Society & Filipino-Canadian Book Festival.
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A gripping allegory of survival and resistance, today we celebrate the publication day of CoyWolf by Colin Wolf 🐺
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Come to the Black and Caribbean Book Affair at the Blackhurst Cultural Centre on October 18 at 4pm for the "Taking the Stage" event featuring Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, author of The First Stone, and Peter N. Bailey, author of Tyson’s Song. See you there!
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We checked in with playwright Donna-Michelle St. Bernard to chat about her ambitious 54ology project, working with collaborators, and the differences between forgiveness and reconciliation explored in her profound new publication, The First Stone.
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An epic queer tragedy of biblical proportions, today we celebrate the publication day of The Hooves Belonged to the Deer by Makram Ayache 🦌
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🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Drama: The Green Line | خطّ التماس by Makram Ayache! 🎉🎉🎉
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“There’s a venn diagram [in which] wolf displacement across Canada matches Indigenous displacement.” Playwright Colin Wolf talks to Intermission Magazine about the complexities of resistance explored in his new hopepunk thriller, CoyWolf:
www.intermissionmagazine.ca/features/coy...
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'CoyWolf' ponders the meaning of resistance
“There’s a venn diagram [in which] wolf displacement across Canada matches Indigenous displacement,” playwright Colin Wolf.
https://www.intermissionmagazine.ca/features/coywolf/
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The women of Jordan Tannahill’s Prince F*gg*t talk about being royalty in this must-read feature from Vogue:
www.vogue.com/article/the-...
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The Women of ‘Prince Faggot’ Take Center Stage
https://www.vogue.com/article/the-women-of-prince-faggot-take-center-stage
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Hey Edmonton! Join us for a free book launch event tonight at the iconic indie bookstore Audreys Books to celebrate the release of Mermaid Legs by Beth Graham 🧜♀️🧜♀️🧜♀️
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A heartwarming exploration of neurodiversity and sisterhood, today we celebrate the publication day of Mermaid Legs by Beth Graham 🧜♀️🧜♀️🧜♀️
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Read this spicy interview from Them with Jordan Tannahill talking about his hit play Prince F*gg*t:
www.them.us/story/prince...
Pre-order your copy of the book:
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Jordan Tannahill's ‘Prince F*gg*t’ Delves into Prince George, Gay Fetish Sex and Class Politics
“I think the theater is a site of reckoning and a place to work through complicated, difficult, uncomfortable ideas.”
https://www.them.us/story/prince-faggot-gay-sex-scenes-george-kink-fetish-jordan-tannahill
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Award-winning playwright Beth Graham is coming to Edmonton’s iconic indie bookstore, Audreys Books, on Wednesday, September 24 at 7pm to launch her brand new book, Mermaid Legs. Meet the author and purchase your copy hot off the press!
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In a CBC Q interview, playwright Makram Ayache explains how his play The Green Line helped him find unexpected healing:
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Playwright Makram Ayache is telling the queer stories he never had | CBC Arts
In an interview with Q guest host Talia Schlanger, Ayache explains how his play The Green Line helped him find unexpected healing.
https://www.cbc.ca/arts/q/playwright-makram-ayache-is-telling-the-queer-stories-he-never-had-1.7631033
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Join us for a glamourous evening with some of Canada’s most prestigious playwrights to celebrate our latest publications at the Playwrights Canada Press Fall 2025 Book Launch! ✨📚✨
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In The Art of War, a stunning new play from Yvette Nolan, an artist and soldier tries to find meaning and beauty while painting the battlefield during WWII. Check out the interview on Open Book here:
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An Artists Paints the Chaos of the Battlefield in THE ART OF WAR by Yvette Nolan
What happens when the battlefield becomes a canvas? In The Art of War (Playwrights Canada Press), acclaimed playwright Yvette Nolan reimagines the Second ...
https://open-book.ca/News/An-Artists-Paints-the-Chaos-of-the-Battlefield-in-THE-ART-OF-WAR-by-Yvette-Nolan
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Check out this excellent feature of Erin Shields in The Globe and Mail talking about the world premiere of Ransacking Troy at The Stratford Festival of Canada.
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For playwright Erin Shields, the future is female – but what about the past?
Shields is preparing for a string of world premieres with a collection of plays that ask: Where are the women?
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/article-erin-shields-playwright-theatre-ransacking-troy-stratford/
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Get ready for our Summer Sales Week and enjoy 25% off everything on our website from August 11-17!
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A powerful portrait of an artist’s quest for meaning, today we celebrate the publication day of The Art of War by Yvette Nolan.
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A heroic adventure retold with a feminist twist, today we celebrate the publication day of Ransacking Troy by Erin Shields.
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Electrifying playwright Erin Shields flips the script on Homer and Virgil in Ransacking Troy, a fierce, feminist retelling of their epic Greek legends. Read her interview with Open Book here:
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Electrifying Playwright Erin Shields Flips the Script on Homer and Virgil in RANSACKING TROY
In Ransacking Troy, award-winning playwright Erin Shields flips the script on the Trojan War with a fierce, feminist retelling that gives long-silenced ...
https://open-book.ca/News/Electrifying-Playwright-Erin-Shields-Flips-the-Script-on-Homer-and-Virgil-in-RANSACKING-TROY
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Read a tense, two-hander scene from celebrated playwright Vern Thiessen’s latest play ICEMEN on All Lit Up:
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A big congratulations to Makram Ayache whose play The Green Line | خطّ التماس has been selected as a finalist for the 2025 LGBTQ+ Drama Lambda Literary Award! Explore the finalists here:
lambdaliterary.org/2025/07/anno...
AND order your copy here:
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In honour of Disability Pride Month, check out these new plays written by playwrights with disabilities.
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A gripping and timely tale of climate politics set amidst forest fires in Northern BC, read an excerpt from Peace Country by Pedro Chamale.
www.playwrightscanada.com/Blog/2025/Re...
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Read an excerpt from Peace Country
Playwrights Canada Press. Canada's foremost publisher of theatre books.
https://www.playwrightscanada.com/Blog/2025/Read-an-excerpt-from-Peace-Country
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We’re hosting a reading party on July 20 at The Theatre Centre from 7:30pm to 10:30pm! Come sample the latest publications for free and if you like what you read, we’re offering amazing discounts!
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Staging Coyote’s Dream Volume 3, edited by Monique Mojica and Lindsay Lachance, is the 2025 winner of the Patrick O’Neill Award and 21 Black Futures: The Anthology by Obsidian Theatre was recognized with an honourable mention. Congratulations! Now available at:
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Don’t forget to join us for a free book launch event with Bosnian-Canadian author Sanita Fejzić. The launch will take place at Perfect Books (258A Elgin St, Ottawa, ON) on Wednesday, July 9 at 7pm. See you there!
www.perfectbooks.ca/events
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🌈 Happy Pride Month! We're celebrating by spotlighting incredible new works written by 2SLGBTQ+ playwrights.
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All Lit Up talks with multi-disciplinary artist Cleopatria Peterson about illustrating the book Eraser and why authentic representation is so vital for readers who rarely see themselves reflected in stories. Read the article here:
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“Niizh” by Joelle Peters has been included in the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Best Books for Kids & Teens Spring 2025 edition! Explore the full selection here:
bookcentre.ca/collections/...
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Best Books
The go-to resource for the best new Canadian books and magazines for children and teens. Whether you're stocking a bookshelf in a classroom, library or at home, every title included has been given our...
https://bookcentre.ca/collections/best-books
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In honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day, check out these new plays written by Indigenous playwrights from Playwrights Canada Press.
www.playwrightscanada.com/Subjects/Ind...
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Join us for a free book launch event with Bosnian-Canadian author Sanita Fejzić to celebrate the releases of the play Blissful State of Surrender (published by Playwrights Canada Press) and the poetry book Refugee Mouth (published by Frontenac House Ltd).
perfectbooks.ca/events
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A trilingual play set in a post-apocalyptic future, we are honoured to celebrate the publication day of Rise, Red River by Tara Beagan.
www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/R/Rise...
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Hannah Moscovitch talks to CBC Q about her provocative new play Red Like Fruit now playing at Luminato Festival Toronto:
www.cbc.ca/arts/q/for-h...
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For Hannah Moscovitch, writing her plays is like exploring herself with a knife | CBC Arts
In an interview with Q's Tom Power, the Canadian playwright discusses her latest show, Red Like Fruit.
https://www.cbc.ca/arts/q/for-hannah-moscovitch-writing-her-plays-is-like-exploring-herself-with-a-knife-1.7554985
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CBC Arts has created a celebration of 101 extraordinary Canadian queer artists called “Super Queeroes” featuring many playwrights published by Playwrights Canada Press.
www.cbc.ca/artsprojects...
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CBC Arts presents Super Queeroes: Celebrating Canada's LGBTQ pioneers
This is a celebration of 101 great queer artists who have helped shape Canada’s rich 2SLGBTQ+ history.
https://www.cbc.ca/artsprojects/superqueeroes/
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A coming-of-age rom-com about two young lovebirds leaving the nest, read an excerpt from Niizh.
www.playwrightscanada.com/Blog/2025/Re...
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Read an excerpt from Niizh
Playwrights Canada Press. Canada's foremost publisher of theatre books.
https://www.playwrightscanada.com/Blog/2025/Read-an-excerpt-from-Niizh
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Exciting news! Kat Sandler’s play Yaga is being adapted into a TV series as part of Bell Media’s 25/26 programming. Check out the announcement here:
www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/pre...
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Bell Media Announces 2025/26 Original Content Slate - Bell Media
Key Tags: @BellMediaPR, @TheLede_CA TORONTO (June 5, 2025) – Bell Media unveiled its 2025/26 lineup of English and French-language original content today, featuring a total of 116 titles of premium or...
https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/press/new-bell-media-announces-2025-26-original-content-slate/
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Today marks Annie Gibson’s twentieth year of guidance, friendliness, patience, sticktoitiveness, leadership, and warmth at Playwrights Canada Press! 🥳📚🎉 Read our tribute to Annie on our blog and join us in celebrating this momentous occasion.
www.playwrightscanada.com/Blog/2025/Ce...
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